Five things to do when an anti-Muslim rally comes to town.
Why American Colleges Need The Islamic Call to Prayer
Earlier this week, I published my first piece for Huffington Post Religion. I'm grateful it's received wide circulation: 4.5 thousand 'likes' on Facebook and over 200 shares. Here's the link to the piece on HuffPost's website. It is reproduced below. Why We Need the Islamic Call to Prayer at American Universities The average college student spends eight …
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Nine Months in Nine Minutes: Presenting My Fulbright Research
I discuss everything from Christian TV to ISIS.
The Way of Perfection
October 15, 2014 Today is the feast day of St. Teresa of Avila, the saint whose name I took at my confirmation. Teresa is a looming figure in Catholic history. A reformer, writer, and mystic, she was one of the first women to be named a Doctor of the Church, an honor which acknowledges the …
A Message for Eid
To the families in Shobak who welcomed me, the cab drivers in Amman who made me smile, the elderly neighbors who invited me for tea, the sisters who taught me how to dance, the Gazan mothers who weep for their children, the Syrian women who place flowers at graves, the Iraqis who die protecting their …
JORDAN DENARI DUFFNER 